CFP! wrote:Moving them to Abby, Aquaman buying the center, having the travel time for the players to the East, interrupting the BCHL Cheifs.

Most definitely a April fools joke. If you actually look at the AHL map of teams it's really silly to have a team way out west unless GMMG is planning on developing his own league....or AHL division. Team up the Western NHL teams and have and East and West AHL conferences. Regardless, the fans wont come.

Having them in the midwest still makes most sense. Especially if we are on a road trip.

Why do the Canucks give a shit about the BCHL??

This means AHL players can live in Vancouver, play 1/2 their games locally, and the transition from AHL to NHL is that much easier.

When they're in Chicago the best case scenario is the Canucks are playing out East when they're called up. Moving them here gives them a 50/50 shot of any call-up being a local pick-up.

Oh, so if we demote a player he can still keep his condo? lol....

I'm with Topper on this one. Dont bring the mini-Canucks to BC to be raped over lackluster reporters advice/lack of knowledge.

yes they will.......take a ganders at the attendance when the Wolves came to town.

Sorry, not an attempt at the Canucks fans.....more at moving most AHL teams West to create a division. I'd be hard pressed to place a bet on attendance of a lesser known NHL team who owns an AHL squad in say.....Seattle, or LasVegas. Just spitballing.

Topper wrote:Sched becomes more balanced next year only highlighting why a Midwest farm club is advantageous. 3- 4 hr flight, often less, to any NHL city in the league.

That's true, but at the same time the realignment also means playing more games in our own time-zone and the next one over. Games back east will only comprise around 25%, if not less, of the total schedule.

Your point still stands based on the fact that Vancouver is the destination furthest from the rest of the league (both AHL and NHL).

No matter where they play, just the fact that Gillis and Co. can run their player development regime the way they want, without opposition from a partner organization more inclined for gate receipts than developing the parent club, makes nothing but sense considering Gillis' approach to it. Even so, putting the farm team in Abbotsford is a money-making proposition.

CFP! wrote:If you actually look at the AHL map of teams it's really silly to have a team way out west

I agree that travel wise, having the team out West isn't the best. However, having a team in Vancouver/near Vancouver might help in re-signing players down the line. I think Jannik Hansen spends his summers in Manitoba because he liked it there when he was playing for the Moose.

Winnipeg was a great affiliate then we go to Chicago for 2 years which was a disaster. A team much more interested in winning then developing prospects. Now there are rumors that we will go dormant for a year while Gillis thinks about it. The fact that we had more prospects in the ECHL than AHL last year shows how bad our player development has been the last few years.

I think we will end up somewhere but FFS Gillis get your shit together.